Choosing Wilbur Over Bacon
A closer look at the cognitive dissonance encoded in Charlotte’s Web
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6 min readOct 15, 2019
Last year one of my favorite librarians took on the “Newbery challenge”: reading, in order, every children’s novel that has won the John Newbery Medal since its inception in 1922. I lingered at the circulation desk, curious to hear how well the older prizewinners had aged. Juli Anna pulled a face — half…
